Mandy Moore Quotes

#1. I look up to Mandy Moore, because she's really classy. But when it comes to music, I'm my own person.

Cheyenne Kimball

#2. Why do I, Mandy Moore, get a record deal?

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#3. 'A Walk to Remember' was a huge movie for me. I thought Mandy Moore was the coolest thing that ever happened. And Shane West - man, did I have a crush on him.

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#4. I like older boys, but they think, 'She's underage.' I'd love to have somebody in mind when I sing.

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#5. It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.

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#6. I was happy to kind of always scoot under the radar.

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#7. I just don't want to be known as the actress who can sing. I want to be known as the singer who can act, too. It's great cross-promotion.

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#8. I guess at a certain point you think, well, singing is singing and acting is acting.

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#9. I have ambitions to do a Broadway record one of these days and get in the studio with like, a real orchestra. I'm a big musical theatre geek.

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#10. A smile is so sexy, yet so warm. When someone genuinely smiles at you, it's the greatest feeling in the world.

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#11. My hair's naturally dirty-dishwater light brown. Ugly.

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#12. We live in a world where it's difficult to be a woman who is strong and confident, so I like to surround myself with friends that embody that same principle and idea.

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#13. I need to be more consistent about taking care of myself no matter how busy I am.

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#14. I've had fun doing romantic comedies, but I just can't anymore. There's nothing fulfilling creatively, there's nowhere to grow, nothing to learn from it or for yourself. I'd rather just be home with my family or write music until that special project comes my way.

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#15. I think I had the most fun making a movie with 'Dedication,' just because you knew that it was a passion project for everyone involved. We had X amount of days to shoot New York in the cold. No trailers. Just sort of kind of doing it guerilla style in a way.

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#16. I believe we all share a responsibility to build a healthier, more just and prosperous world.

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#17. Having this other career in music made me work harder as an actress. It's made me more professional.

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#18. Stupid cupid you're a real mean guy, I'd like to pick your wings so you can't fly, I am in love and it's a crying shame, and I know that you're the one to blame, hey, hey set me free, stupid cupid, stop picking on me.

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#19. I'm a germ-phobe when I meet a lot of people or shake a lot of hands. I always have hand sanitizer and alcohol swabs so I can sort of go back and forth between the two.

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#20. I grew up on Nintendo. Mario was my best friend. I can't wait to get inside and play Nintendo GameCube.

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#21. I want to go to college to study journalism. I want to speak French fluently, to travel. My mom was a journalist and it's in my blood.

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#22. I'm definitely not the person to be giving anybody dance lessons.

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#23. Hope is the most exciting thing there is in life.

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#24. The actual producing, mixing, and mastering is hard work, harder than what I do.

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#25. Tackling malaria in a country like the Central African Republic is a huge uphill battle, and my experiences there have been a healthy dose of reality, fueling my own sense of urgency to do my part in reducing the preventable suffering of the incredible women I met.

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#26. I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.

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#27. People who grew up watching Disney films like myself, there are films that are certain benchmarks in my childhood. 'The Little Mermaid' was the first movie I remember seeing. 'Beauty And The Beast,' 'Aladdin,' those are three I remember right off the bat.

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#28. Because I'm in an adult world and I'm really working, my age is just a number. It's not really who I am.

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#29. There's a classic element that all good Disney movies have. It really comes down to the storytelling, I think. It manages to push all of these buttons inside of us; there's a sentimentality.

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#30. Go to the doctor, get a checkup, and get Pap smears regularly. Cervical cancer is very preventable, and if you catch it early, there are tons of ways to treat it as well.

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#31. I don't cook very well at all. I'm the girl that can't make scrambled eggs.

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#32. I can plunk out enough chords to write a song, but I'm completely afraid to play guitar in front of other people. It's a fear of failure, I guess.

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#33. I carry around, like, a little journal with me and just write all the time. Not necessarily, like, actually sitting down and writing lyrics - just freeform writing, whatever's going on in my mind. I write a lot on airplanes, actually, because it's completely isolating.

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#34. Marriage is such a mark of adulthood in my mind.

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#35. You can't get anymore classic than being a part of a Disney animated film. To me, that's something I can have in my back pocket for the rest of my life. I'll be able to show it to my kids. I'll be walking around Disneyland, and it'll be bizarre to shake hands with Rapunzel.

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#36. As an Ambassador for PSI and a supporter of Nothing But Nets, I have met individuals around the world who are lending their ideas, their voices, and their time to improve their communities and the world at large. And there are millions more that I have not met.

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#37. I love looking through magazines, and you know, I love getting dressed up to go to events and stuff.

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#38. I'm my own worst critic, so I try and not focus on what I've done wrong, or what I could improve on.

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#39. I do think it's possible to change for the better.

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#40. As a little girl, I thought I'd like to get married on the beach. But I'm not the quintessential girl who had these sort of fantasies about that stuff.

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#41. I'm a spiritual person and a religious person. But for me, it's all a personal thing. I'm not someone who'll say, 'This is what I believe, and you should too!' It's more of an internal, quiet, grounded, fulfilling thing for me.

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#42. I wanted to be an actor and I wanted to be a performer. Like Hugh [Grant] said earlier, we might all have this weird gene. Hopefully I will continue to have the talent to allow that gene to play itself out for as long as it can.

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#43. You don't really get to know people behind the scenes. One can assume that it's out there, but I have no idea at the end of the day. I hope not.

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#44. When two people - regardless of gender - long to care for each other, to protect each other, to treasure each other, we should do everything we can to foster that.

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#45. I grew up doing musical theatre in Orlando, Florida. When I was 14, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time - a deliveryman heard me singing and offered to deliver my demo tape to Sony Music. I was just really lucky.

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#46. Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious.

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#47. I consider myself to be a romantic person, and I love the idea of having a soul mate.

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#48. I don't want to take fame for granted because that is when you start to think you are better than everyone else. That is when you start thinking that you are someone that you are not.

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#49. Growing up, I was obsessed with Disney movies like 'The Little Mermaid,' 'Aladdin' and 'Beauty And The Beast.' I was always singing the songs from these movies, so to find myself in the studio with Alan Menken was an amazing experience. In fact, it was a dream come true.

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#50. Pneumonia is a disease that often flies under the radar of not just the public but even the global health community. It kills more children under 5 years old every year than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined.

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#51. The unknown used to be really scary, just that fear of, 'What's next? What if I'm not prepared?' I just don't feel that way anymore. I feel like the best is yet to come.

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#52. I write a lot on airplanes actually because it's completely isolating; there's no one to talk to, there's nothing to do.

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#53. I don't think I had the aspiration to be a star growing up. I loved Madonna and Bette Midler, and I had my karaoke machine and would sing their songs.

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#54. Love is like nothing else on this earth, but only when it is shared with someone wonderful like you.

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#55. We sometimes think that being a celebrity is the same as being a role model. But a role model is actually someone you can touch, talk to and dream with.

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#56. We are in a culture where it's so easy to just turn things off that you don't like. And I think that doesn't make you a well-rounded person or artist. You have to be able to take the good with the bad and have opinions on things!

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#57. Music is my passion. It's my priority. I love it.

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#58. Anytime I listen to my gut and I don't do something, or I do, it always tends to work out in my favor.

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#59. I'm very blessed that I get to dabble in both music and movies, and as long as people are willing to accept me in both roles, I'll be there.

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#60. I've always felt support from my guy. Absolutely. That's what being in a balanced, healthy relationship is all about, is being able to support one another.

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#61. I like pencil skirts because they hug me in all the right places.

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#62. I didn't take the decision [to get married] lightly. I ventured into it realistically. But life takes you places you wouldn't have expected. I'm really content with what was in the cards for me.

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#63. I want to be in New York. It's the place to be.

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#64. I wanna be with you, if only for a night to be the one who's in your arms to hold you tight. I wanna be with you, there's nothing left to say.

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#65. Growing up in the public eye was really tough. When you're 14 and your body is changing, your life is changing, and people are watching every step you make, it's really hard to deal with. But I was pretty lucky, people didn't watch me that closely.

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#66. It feels important to go school; not necessarily to further my education, but more like a hobby.

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#67. There are parallels between the music and film worlds, but they're really very different. I feel like they're just two different ways to channel my creativity.

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#68. I've always considered myself a fairly romantic person. I believe in love and falling in love at a young age.

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#69. I love the idea of getting up early on Sundays and walking to the market to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables. It's a good way to start my day, and it makes me feel like I've accomplished something before other people are even awake.

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#70. I want to learn about a different religion. I grew up Catholic, but my grandfather was Jewish. Knowledge about other religions can help you understand your own better. I think it's kind of hypocritical to believe one thing and don't know about any others.

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#71. I'm minimalistic when it comes to makeup, so I'm a sucker for anything that's multi-tasking. Aquaphor is my go-to product. It's great for adding gloss to eyes and cheekbones, and amazing for soothing dry cuticles, too.

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#72. Whatever I feel comfortable in is usually what I'll wear. I go to different events and premieres and walk the red carpet ... those things are awkward enough on their own. You don't want to be pulling up a top all night. I will sacrifice foot comfort though. I love high heels.

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#73. My mom has always been my support system. She taught me to never give up and to keep pursuing my passions no matter what.

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#74. Music is my first love.

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#75. I haven't thought about writing so much as potentially producing and finding my own projects to get into production. I want to be able to buy the rights to a story that I have read or a book that I have read.

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#76. If someone tied me down and made me answer the question, singer, actress, clothing designer, I most likely - it could change on any given day, but mostly likely I would lean towards singing. It's where I feel most like myself - on stage singing.

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#77. I learned what love is from loving you.

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#78. I think that dreams, goals, and aspirations, all of that stuff - I'm really lucky to have been able to work with the talented people that I've been able to work with and I hope to be doing that for a very long time.

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#79. I love film, but it's bringing me away from music. Singing is what I'm probably most passionate about.

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#80. My mom has never been a big meddler and isn't, like, extremely opinionated or at least just doesn't voice it to me. She's sort of let me come into my own by myself, and I think that's just a testament to what my parents did in terms of raising us.

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#81. I'm really kind of boring - I'd rather go to bed early and get up early because I really value my time off, my time away from work.

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#82. I'm lucky to attribute my success to the foundation my family gave me. I've always felt grounded in them.

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#83. I guess I have sort of an atypical relationship with my mom for someone my age, because I think I started so young with the music thing and I had my parents always on the road with me. So at a time when I think I should have been rebelling, like in high school, they were actually my best friends.

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#84. It's important to get well-rounded right off the bat. A lot of experienced dancers can get pigeonholed into one thing. I've been hired for a lot of different gigs simply because I can do a lot of different things with different levels of dancers. And it's sad to me that some dancers don't do more.

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#85. I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.

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#86. I kind of feel, in a way, all of us will forever be asking those questions of ourselves: Who am I and how do I fit in in the world and what is all this about? Because those aren't really ... there are no answers to those questions, in a sense.

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#87. I love music and I guess I have less expectations or pressure to kind of put on myself because the music hasn't been some huge sensation.

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#88. Developing a relationship with someone you admire, who can encourage you to reach your full potential, is something that everyone can benefit from.

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#89. 'Wild Hope' just felt like such a selfish venture to me. It was a way for me to get out of my head, get some clarity on certain situations, and finally be a part of something that I was completely behind creatively and proud of.

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#90. If that day comes when I'm done with the acting and singing, I'll just pack it in and go home.

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#91. Sweet is good. I'm not a fan of deep-fried things.

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#92. I'm learning to accept everything that I am. I've accepted that I'm not going to be a stick-thin-model kind of girl. When I was 14, I was tall and spindly. By the time I turned 18, I had become a woman, and my body's not going to go back to what it looked like when I was 14.

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#93. Someday we'll know if love can move a mountain.

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#94. I carry around a little journal with me, a little notebook and a pen and just write all the time. Not necessarily actually sitting down and writing lyrics, just free-form writing, whatever's going on in my mind.

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#95. By preventing pneumonia and other diseases, we are giving men, women and children the chance to live healthy productive lives and participate in the global economy. In doing so, we are not only enhancing their futures - we are enhancing our own.

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#96. I've got a crush on you, I hope you feel the way that I do, I get a rush when I'm with you ... oh I got a crush on you.

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#97. When people come up to me and say, 'You made it,' I think, 'But I'm not done yet. Not everyone's heard my music.' I want to be a household name.

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#98. I went to Catholic high school for half a year and religion wasn't the cool thing to talk about even at a catholic high school. It never came up.

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#99. I tend to be really competitive when it comes to Scattergories.

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#100. I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do. But I do find it a bit bizarre that people find it bizarre that I've grown up.

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